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OWWER a pint efta a darn'd hard day ammangst sheep mekk'n them riddy fer tupp'n, Nobby Sneddle cock'd 'is lugs wen't conversat'n turn'd tull't matta' ev cross breed'n.
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A child appears at the bar of the convention, faying, that inftead of preaching up one felf-made God, the convention had efta - blifhed gods in the principles of equality and the rights of man.
Historical epochs of the French Revolution, Goudemetz, H 1796
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Af - ter his victory, he entered nominally into aa alliance with that ftate, fubvertcd the efta - blilhed government, fubfUtuted in it3 iibead, a democracy dependiog upon Athens.
Sketch of democracy 1796
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As thefe principles of natural religion are fufficiently efta - bHQied in the hearts of all men, all that the Sove - reign Rector of the unlverfe hath appointed his deputies to do, is, to cultivate thefe natural princi - ples implanted in the hearts of their fubjedis, and to govern them according to their genuine import.
A review of ecclesiastical establishments in Europe : containing their history ... : and an essay tending to shew both the political and moral necessity of abolishing exclusive establishments, with answers to some principal objections Whatman, James, 1741-1798 1796
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And thus the event, whicli James had fo long made the object of his moft ardent prayeVs, and from which he expected the firm efta - blifhment of his throne, proved the immediate caufe of his ruin and downfal.
The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796
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We are informed, in the preface to this edition, that Mr.W. ♦ has been anxious to add to the utility of the work; and by pointing out more immediately the principles on which the dodtrines advanced are efta - blilhcd, and by the additiop of references, to enable the ftudent more e«fily to pa: lue his rcfearchcs. '—
The Monthly Review 1796
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The independency of, efta-blifhed by this victory, 341.
The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ... 1796
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A cotton manufacture was efta - blilhed here, by the late col.
Topographia hibernica : or The topography ofIreland, antient and modern. Giving a complete view of the civil and ecclesiastical state of that kingdom; with its antiquities, natural curiosities, trade, manufactures, extent and population Seward, William Wenman 1795
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At firft fight, thefe diftindions may appear trifling; but, when we confider that tjiey exprefs the degree of confidence, of attachment, or of refpeS, that nations mutually teftify for one another, it appears indifpenfable to maintain them, at lead, till by the confent of other governments, other rules may be efta - blifhed.
A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain ... 1795
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The commune of Paris perceived that the committee of public fafety had obtained an abfolute power over the convention, and took meafurcs to provide againft it, by advertifing a fyftem direftly oppofite to that of the committee, which they judged would be more acceptable to the people, and efta - bliQi their own popularity.
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